About The Word Seamy
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Seamy
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What's The Definition Of Seamy?
[adj] morally degraded; "a seedy district"; "the seamy side of life"; "sleazy characters hanging around casinos"; "sleazy storefronts with...dirt on the walls"- Seattle Weekly; "the sordid details of his orgies stank under his very nostrils"- James Joyce; "the squalid atmosphere of intrigue and betrayal"
Synonyms | Synonyms for Seamy: disreputable | seedy | sleazy | sordid | squalid Related Terms | Find terms related to Seamy: See Also | Seamy In Webster's Dictionary \Seam"y\, a.
Having a seam; containing seams, or showing them. ``Many a
seamy scar.'' --Burns.
Everything has its fair, as well as its seamy, side.
--Sir W.
Scott.
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